North Korea Literacy Rate 2025. North korea literacy rate for 2008 was. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. According to unesco statistics, north korea’s population participates in primary and secondary education at a rate near 90 percent, and near 100 percent of its population is literate.